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Mark Catesby - The Wood Pelican (Tantalus Loculator)
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Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied flora and fauna in the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.

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Jasminum luteum,The yellow Jessamy; Muscicapa nigrescens, The Blackcap Flycatcher.

Jasminum luteum,The yellow Jessamy; Muscicapa nigrescens, The Blackcap Flycatcher. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.089

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.089 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.030

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.030 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.076

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.076 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
1. The largest crested Heron; 2. The Spotted Eft; 3. The Chego; 4. Scarabæus &c.; 5. The Cockroach

1. The largest crested Heron; 2. The Spotted Eft; 3. The Chego; 4. Scarabæus &c.; 5. The Cockroach (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Red Winged Starling (Oriolus phoeniceus)

The Red Winged Starling (Oriolus phoeniceus) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Sciurus, The Ground-Squirrel; Cornus, The Mastick Tree.

Sciurus, The Ground-Squirrel; Cornus, The Mastick Tree. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Crested Flycatcher (Muscicapa cristata)

The Crested Flycatcher (Muscicapa cristata) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Arbor Tulipifera, The Tulip Tree; Icterus, The Baltimore Bird.

Arbor Tulipifera, The Tulip Tree; Icterus, The Baltimore Bird. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Rana Terrestris, The Land-Frog; Sarracena.

Rana Terrestris, The Land-Frog; Sarracena. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Fringilla Bahamiensis, The Bahama Finch; Bignonia flore coeruleo, The broadleafed Guaiacum with blue flowers.

Fringilla Bahamiensis, The Bahama Finch; Bignonia flore coeruleo, The broadleafed Guaiacum with blue flowers. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Numenius albus, The White Curlew.

Numenius albus, The White Curlew. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Pica luteo-nigra varia, The Yellow and Black Pye; Lilio-Narcissus Polianthus; Vespa Ichneumon coerulea.

Pica luteo-nigra varia, The Yellow and Black Pye; Lilio-Narcissus Polianthus; Vespa Ichneumon coerulea. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Rana Aquatica, The Water-Frog; Sarracena.

Rana Aquatica, The Water-Frog; Sarracena. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula)

The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
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